Former Syracuse tight end Chris Gedney on the legacy of John Mackey (podcast)

The passing of John Mackey, the former Syracuse University tight end and NFL Hall of Famer, has a lot of football fans either learning or reminiscing this week about just how important he was to the game.

(BTW, there is a really cool Syracuse story in that highlight reel linked above)

Mackey, who died on Thursday at the age of 69, is widely regarded as someone who "revolutionized" the position of tight end in the sport of football and is in the very short conversation as one of the best tight ends ever.

As the expression goes, "it takes one to know one" so I thought it would be interesting to hear from someone who is in the exclusive fraternity of playing the position at both Syracuse University and in the National Football League.

Chris Gedney, a former Orange tight end who is now a senior associate athletic director and broadcaster at SU, joined me "On the Block" on The Score 1260 on Thursday to discuss the legacy of John Mackey.